185. Alternate Ways to Avoid Blame

This is a quick update to all people who have subscribed to the old podcasts I hosted. I can revive them if I need to but I want feedback of what the listeners would like to hear..This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, and wsdtime try to list some different reasons people may not blame people for things even though they don't understand that free will doesn't exist..This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, wsdtime, and Juris discuss how we can have more productive discussions if we can manage to reduce our negative emotional reactions to things people do. Chandler and George do this by reminding themselves that however harmful/unethical/undesirable/immoral the actions of....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, Poffo Ortiz, wsdtime, and Jessica Gillette talk about how we are all products of our environment and therefore can't help but have the beliefs and thinking that we do about every topic including morality, religion and politics....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Trick Slattery, Mitch J, and wsd all started talking about the concept of how to stop people from doing harm without blaming them. A lot of it focused on Donald Trump and different theories of why people voted for him....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Trick Slattery, and Poffo Ortiz talk about how we experience our decisions. We start from the premise that we know we don't have a free will but dig deeper into exactly how our decisions are made subconsciously and how we experience them consciously....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Trick Slattery, Quayd, Poffo Ortiz, and Peter Moriarty try to clear up some of the confusion some people experience upon being told that they don't have free will. It doesn't mean that people can't change....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, Jamie Soden, George Ortega, wsd, and Trick Slattery talk about some things wrong with the libertarian political philosophy but also how free will belief plays into it. Also, Jamie Soden wrote a short book about the nonsense of Free Will belief and Christianity....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, wsd, Logan Meyer, and Jessica Gillette struggle to define words such as choice, randomness, and intelligence. There are different meanings that different groups have in mind when they use the same word....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3

Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, wsd, Jamie Soden, Logan Meyer, and Trick Slattery talk about different economic theories and their possible connection with people's belief in free will. Also there was a big talk about people's incentive to work and the benefits of a Universal Basic Income..This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3